diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 3d1e2fea74..3c47b5959a 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -53,3 +53,6 @@
 [submodule "lib/cyw43-driver"]
 	path = lib/cyw43-driver
 	url = https://github.com/georgerobotics/cyw43-driver.git
+[submodule "lib/micropython-lib"]
+	path = lib/micropython-lib
+	url = https://github.com/micropython/micropython-lib.git
diff --git a/lib/micropython-lib b/lib/micropython-lib
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000..70e422dc2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/micropython-lib
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 70e422dc2e885bbaafe6eb7e3d81118e17d4b555